Links #4 - 01-03-2026

During this holidays week, I managed to install GrapheneOS on my phone (more on that later), and installed CachyOS instead of Arch Linux on my main computer. Also, I was off the computer more than often, which is a good thing!

I still kept an eye on the news, and here is what caught my eye this week!

Here links #4!

• Adopting Rust

The dev of Ladybird, a browser built from scratch, are adopting Rust. They used an LLM to convert c++ code to rust and seems to be happy with the result.

• Awesome privacy

A list of everyday apps, with their privacy friendly alternative.

• Firefox 148

Firefox 148 has been release, with the awaited AI kill switch!

• Bcachefs creator claims his custom LLM is 'fully conscious'

I don't know the guy, I don't know the project, but wow, dude is on something strong. Mental health in our industry should be taken more seriously.

• Tech CEOs Confused by Why Everybody Hates AI So Much

Poor CEOs don't understand why people hate their product, and it hurts their feelings. Those people are so off-ground.

• Block lays off nearly half its staff because of AI.

Maybe it's because of AI, maybe it because the golden years of COVID are finished, but in any case, this is a hint for why people hate AI so much.

• Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War

Anthropic refused to be used by U.S.' Department of Defense for certain use case. Of course, Trump went mad. Of course OpenAI signed a deal with the same conditions as Anthropic. But who trust Sam Altman?

• YouTube-to-opml

Self promoting here: I wrote a small tool that create an OMPL file from your YouTube subscriptions list. The OPML file can then be imported in your RSS client (and soon ™️ in HaRSS). Now, no need to use your YouTube account to follow your subscriptions! I'm working on the next version using OAuth 2.0 and YouTube API to retrieve the current subscriptions automatically.